Rabu, 26 April 2017

A Boy Named Chancy

Union General O.O. Howard named his son after one of the North’s worst defeats. The Army of the Potomac’s XI Corps suffered a resounding a defeat on May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville. The onslaught by Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s that overwhelmed the corps stands as one of the most devastating surprise attacks in American military …

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